Mop



July 27, '1937. EVA 2,088,366

' MOP Original Filed March 51, 1953 lNVENTOR M44 @4016 BY 4 Patented July 27, 1937 Application March 31, 1933, Serial'No. 663,836

. Renewed June 10, 1936 a 8 Claims.

My invention relates to mops, particularly to improvements in self wringing mops.

The objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a self wringing mop having a 5 novel mop cloth holding element at the forward end whereby the forward end of a looped cloth may be easily and quickly positioned and securely held in position, and easily and quickly removed therefrom;

10 Second, to provide a resilient mop cloth holding element of this class whereby, when the holding element is removed from the foot or base of the mop and the securing ends slightly pressed toward each other, the edges of the mop cloth 15 may be easily inserted into or removed from a positioning or clamp means on the holding element and thus, when inserted therein, tightly held in position;

Third, to provide a resilient mop cloth holding element of this class which, when secured in position, on the foot or base, more tightly grips or clamps, and thus positions, the mop cloth;

Fourth, to provide simple and economical for positioning and securing the forward mop cloth holding element in position on the foot or base; and

Fifth. to provide as a whole a novelly constructed mop of this class, and one which is simple and economical of construction, durable, U and which will not readily deteriorate or get out U of order.

With these and other objects in View, as will appear hereinafter, I have devised a novel mop having certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation View of my mop in its preferred form of construction; Fig. 2 is a top view thereof, showing fragmentarily, by dotted lines, the shape of the forward mop cloth holding element before being secured to the foot of the mop; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the foot and the forward mop cloth holding element showing the method of r securing the latter to the former; Fig. 4 is a top view of the forward mop cloth holdingv element with rear legs or fingers thereof compressed for inserting theedges of the mop cloth between the gripping portions.

5,; Like characters of reference refer to similar tended into and frictionally secured in the holes parts and portions throughout the views of the drawing.

The main structural features of my mop are shown and described in my copending application for Mop, Serial No. 417,961, filed January 2, 71930, 5 now Patent No. 2,003,286, June 4, 1935, and will be here described and referred to only generally.

The foot, designated 1!, of the mop is provided at the upper and rear portion thereof with upwardly extending ears la, to which the handle 2, is pivotally secured. In the handle is rotatably mounted the middle portion of the mop wringing crank handle 3, which is provided at its lower end with the mop holding element 311. At the forward end of the foot l, is removably secured the mop cloth holding element 4, hereinafter de scribed in detail. Around the forward end of the element d and below the foot I and through the loop portion 3a is positioned the mop cloth 5.

The foot is preferably made of sheet metal of O substantially rectangular shape with a flat base and narrow flange ll), surrounding the same, and extending upwardly from the base. In the flange at the forward end of the base and near the sides thereof is a pair of holes oropenings, lc, s and backwardly therefrom and in alignment therewith are sockets Id, which are formed from upwardly-struck portions of the base of the foot. These sockets are preferably about midway between the forward and rear ends of the foot and are parallel with and positioned on the opposite sides of the longitudinal axis thereof.

The forward mop cloth holding element is made of a resilient and relatively heavy substantially yoke shaped wire. The legs 4a are exic and sockets Id. The mop cloth 5 is in loop form and is extended with one end around the cross portion to of the holding element 4, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. a

At the forward ends of the legs are eyes or loops 4c, the outer ends of which are positioned close together and form opposed clamp portions or fingers id and debetween which the edges of the mop cloth may be clamped and held, thus r holding one end of the mop cloth in position around the whole of the forward end of the holding element 1. It will be here noted that when securing the mop cloth to'the mop the holding element 4 is removed from the foot and inserted through the front looped end of the cloth. The legs ta are then pressed toward each other, as shown in Figure 4, thus opening the gripping portions or fingers 4d and 4e and permitting the insertion of the lateral edges of the mop cloth.

The holding element 4 is then inserted into the openings and sockets of the foot by slightly spreading the legs and thus forcing the gripping portions toward each other beyond their normal positions.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions of my mop I do not wish to be limited to this particular constructijon, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention, the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a mop, a mop foot, and a mop cloth holding element detachably mountable on said foot, said element consisting of a wire yoke having a substantially straight cross bar on which the mop cloth is hung and straight and substantially parallel legs, the portions of the wire between the cross bar and the legs being inwardly bent to form two pockets having greatly contracted openings at the sides of the yoke to form jaws for gripping the edges of the mop cloth, the jaws being opened for insertion of the cloth by pressing the yoke legs toward each other.

2. In a mop, a mop foot, and a mop cloth holding element detachably mountable on said foot, said element consisting of a wire yoke comprising a cross bar on which the mop cloth is hung and substantially parallel legs, the portion between the cross bar and the legs being inwardly bent to form pockets having greatly contracted openings at the sides of the yoke to form jaws for gripping the edges of the mop cloth, the jaws being opened for insertion of the cloth by pressing the wire ends together thereby compelling the pocket portions of the wire to flex.

3. In a mop, a mop foot made with sockets, and a mop cloth holding element consisting of a wire yoke comprising a cross-bar and substantially parallel legs, the portions of the wire between the cross-bar and the legs being inwardly bent to form two pockets having greatly contracted openings. at the sides of the yoke to form jaws for gripping the edges of the mop cloth, the jaws being opened for insertion of the cloth by pressing the yoke legs toward each other, the ends of the legs being insertable in said sockets when the legs are again spread apart to grip the cloth between said jaws.

4. In a mop, a mop cloth holding element made from a piece of wire bent to form a yoke having a. cross-bar and substantially straight legs extending from said bar, the portions of the wire between the cross-bar and the legs being inwardly bent to form two pockets having greatly contracted openings at the sides of the yoke to form jaws for gripping the edges of the mop cloth.

5. In a mop, a mop foot provided with receptacles, and a resilient yoke-shaped cloth holding element comprising a cross piece and substantially parallel legs, said element being detachably mountable on said foot by inserting the legs of the yoke into the receptacles of the foot, said element being shaped at the juncture of the legs with the cross-piece of the yoke to admit a mop cloth when the legs are relatively moved in the plane of the yoke and to grip the cloth when the legs again are permitted to return to their normal position.

6. In a mop, a resilient yoke-shaped cloth holding element being shaped at the juncture of the legs with the cross-piece of the yoke to admit a mop cloth when the legs of the yoke are relatively moved in the plane of the yoke and to grip the cloth when the legs again are permitted to return to their normal position.

7. In a mop, a mop foot provided with receptacles, and a resilient yoke-shaped cloth holding element comprising a cross piece and substantially parallel legs, said element being detachably mountable on said foot by inserting the legs of the yoke into the receptacles of the foot, said element being shaped at the juncture of the legs with the cross piece of the yoke to admit a mop cloth when the legs are relatively moved in the plane of the yoke in one direction and to grip i the cloth when the legs are relatively moved in the opposite direction.

8. In a mop, a resilient yoke-shaped cloth holding element being shaped at the juncture of the legs with the cross piece of the yoke to admit a mop cloth when the legs oi? the yoke are relatively moved in the plane of the yoke in one direction and to grip the cloth when the legs are relatively moved in the opposite directions.

WILL EVANS. 

